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F1H2O World Championship - Shaun Torrente gets licence withdrawn

by F1H2O on 3 Oct 2012
Shaun Torrente of USA and Sami Selio of Finland crash out of the UIM F1 H2O Grand Prix of China on Liujiang River. Paul Lakatos - Ideas Marketing
F1H2O World Championship: Team Qatar driver Shaun Torrente will not be present for the remainder of the season following the decision by the UIM race committee to withdraw his provisional super licence.

The incident that resulted in the decision by the UIM race committee to withdraw the American's licence followed the crash involving Torrente and World title challenger, Finland's Sami Selio, at the first corner after the restart following the first yellow flag incident of the race.

The UIM race committee of O.O.D. Li Rui Lin, UIM commissioner Luis Ribeiro and deputy drivers' representative Duarte Benavente issued the following statement. 'With reference to art. 10 - super licences - paragraph 10.6 on circuit rules, the committee has unanimously decided to withdraw the provisional super licence issued to Mr Shaun Torrente, 07/2012, for dangerous driving and unsportsmanlike behaviour during the F1H20 website
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